Title: Still Life

Title: Jeevan (Life)

Size: 9.25” x 13.75”
24 x 35.5 cms
Medium: Oil on Paper
Dated: 14.06.1998 / 08.07.1998
Seated upon the volcano of life
Some meditate and realize
And through divine protection survive
Those dazzled by the fiery fountain
As molten rock slide down the mountain
Fragmented by nature, hardened by time
They wait for the sculptor
To reshape their lives
~

Title: Parenthood

Size: 34” x 23.5”
86 x 59.5 cms
Medium: Oil on Plywood
Dated: 03.11.1998
Through the ocean of life
They ferry their child
Many a storm they weather
And protect from danger
With joy they unite and sail
Their unconditional love
Keeping them afloat
Through the highs and lows of life
The years breeze past
Their child has grown
Fit to be on its own
When the dream destination arrives
The child steps out
Snapping the cord
Disappearing into the dream land
Causing no discord
Leaving the empty boat drifting
Between sea and sand
And the boat is always there
When the child stretches out its hand…
~

Panchamahabhuta (Elements)

Size: 56.25” x 56.25”
142.5 x142.5 cms
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dated: 02.03.1999
This painting depicts the elements -
Earth, Air, Water, Fire & Ether -
in relation to the human being
and his/her mental state.
The ‘Earth’ is depicted by pro-creation.
As one rises from this state,
one experiences the freedom of ‘Air’.
Man then explores the world with
this newly found freedom
& reaches the depths of his mind
depicted in the ocean - ‘Water’
Enlightened, he rises like the ‘Fire’
and vaporizes into the ‘Ether’ all around.
~

Title: Futility

Size: 20” x 26.25”
50.5 x 67 cms
Medium: Oil on Paper
Dated: 05-08-2001
This painting is about the wastage in war
where no one stands to gain.
There can be no victory.
~

Title: Self Portrait

Size: 23.75” x 29.75”
60.5 x 76 cms
Medium: Oil and Water Colour on Canvas
Dated: 27.01.2002
This is an attempt to portray the real self in a self portrait;
where the self is depicted with two shadows -
one cast by the external light and the other
by the inner light.
~

Title: Maya

Size: 75.75” x 48.5”
218 x 123.5 cms
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dated: 28.12.2003
Maya or Illusion arose out of the need to find out
what lay beyond the footprints of an
Indian classical dance form.
Maya, a child exponent of Bharatanatyam,
gleefully danced on the canvas
with paint on her feet.
This result is a two and a half years of total
involvement with ‘Maya’ - akin to searching
for forms on a cloud, now there, now gone...
~

Title: Divine Pallette

Title: Shakti

Size: 24” x 30”
61 x 76 cms
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dated: 22.01.2006
This painting was meant to start a debate
on who is the strength - Man or Woman?
In Indian mythology, Shakti is Lord Shivas consort.
In this painting, the female is alert and gently
lifting the male figure who is engrossed in his
ego depicted as his child in his muscular arm.
The inverted triangle with water represents the
male & the female is represented by the triangle
with fire. The man is firmly embedded in a house
of bricks & the woman is in a rising position,
about to move.
~

Title: Bliss

Size: 14.96” x 18”
38 x 45.7 cms
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dated: 14.05.2006
Flowers are so pleasing
They awaken tender feelings
And as you stare at a flower
Through a closed window
You surrender to the wonder
Your reflection on the glass
Blends with the flower beyond
And you blissfully sway
Mesmerized by the freshness around
~

Title: Saibaba

Title: Intuitive Thought

Size: 27” x 39”
68.5 x 100 cms
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dated: 11.03.2007
You know the answer
And believe you cannot be wrong
You follow your wisdom
And come out strong
Like a flash from the dim past
Into the present times
Is a silvery line
Called ‘Intuitive Thought’
~

Title: Fathomless Ocean

Size: 20” x 30”
51 x 76 cms
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dated: 24.01.2008
The depth of the ocean
As infinite as the reflections
In parallel mirrors
Cool blues soothing the vision
Drawing you into its depth
Your mind is lost in imagination.
~

Title: Finding Moksha

Size: 35” x 68”
89 x 173 cms
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dated: 30.03.2008
Birth to death
Is a marathon race
To find Moksha in this day & age
Chasing goals changing ways
But Moksha is always ahead of the race
Mata, Pitha, Guru, Deivam
Indian culture says is satyam
Mother comes before the God
Cause she is the creator
The universe comes after
And in the process of creation
The mind finds satisfaction
And achieves Moksha, Salvation
~

Title: Sea of Emotions

Size: 71” x 46.25”
180 x 117 cms
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dated: 14.02.2010
The depth of emotions is compared to the
fathomless depth of the sea with the parallel
mirror effect & emotions ranging from the
controlled to the sad, to the happy & a
combination of complex emotions.
For example the angry face is opposite the sad
face of a person being shouted at & if one looks
at the two faces as a whole, then one will see a
perplexed emotion in that face. There are tears
of joy & tears of sorrow. The range of emotions
surprises the onlooker. For those who wish to go
deeper & see the flora & fauna of the sea in the
fluid effect of the canvas, I would say, “follow the dots.”
And as you delve deeper you will soon begin
to see the fish & the coral reefs……
~

Title: Layers of the Mind

Size: 18” x 24”
45 x 60 cms
Medium: Gouache & Oil on Canvas
Dated: 20.06.2010
In a pitch dark frame
In a black & white dream
I saw myself
Head resting on a pillow
And in the tight close-up
Layer upon dark layer
Peeling off my eyelids
A feeling of heaviness
Of being in deep slumber
Wanting to awake
But unable to shake
The drowsiness I remember
Strange dreams
Transgress the sub-conscious mind
And leave lasting impressions
In the realm of the conscious behind
As the brush begins to interpret
The abstract dream unfolds
With square upon square juxtaposed
The corners peeling off
In glowing colours
Like the embers
Of a dying flame
And the shape of an eye cutting across
As if throwing light on a secret
And telling me
Of seven layers to uncover
Before I see the light
~

Title: Visitation

Size: 20” x 30”
50 x 76 cms
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dated: 04.04.2011
In times of anxiety
The Guardian Angels visit
To protect & pray
For those they have left behind
Flying past time & space
Crystallizing in a future place
They show you the way
Taking your worries away
~

Title: Anguish (Nature Series)

Size : 16” x 22”
Medium : Oil on Canvas
Date : 27-04-2013
Staring out of the window
I saw a stone coming alive
With the fast changing light
It will be hard to believe
That this painting is a landscape
A quick sketch
To catch the expression
Before the light changed
And my subject changed to a stone again…
~

Title: Still Life

Title: Jeevan (Life)

Size: 9.25” x 13.75”
24 x 35.5 cms
Medium: Oil on Paper
Dated: 14.06.1998 / 08.07.1998
Seated upon the volcano of life
Some meditate and realize
And through divine protection survive
Those dazzled by the fiery fountain
As molten rock slide down the mountain
Fragmented by nature, hardened by time
They wait for the sculptor
To reshape their lives
~

Title: Parenthood

Size: 34” x 23.5”
86 x 59.5 cms
Medium: Oil on Plywood
Dated: 03.11.1998
Through the ocean of life
They ferry their child
Many a storm they weather
And protect from danger
With joy they unite and sail
Their unconditional love
Keeping them afloat
Through the highs and lows of life
The years breeze past
Their child has grown
Fit to be on its own
When the dream destination arrives
The child steps out
Snapping the cord
Disappearing into the dream land
Causing no discord
Leaving the empty boat drifting
Between sea and sand
And the boat is always there
When the child stretches out its hand…
~

Panchamahabhuta (Elements)

Size: 56.25” x 56.25”
142.5 x142.5 cms
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dated: 02.03.1999
This painting depicts the elements -
Earth, Air, Water, Fire & Ether -
in relation to the human being
and his/her mental state.
The ‘Earth’ is depicted by pro-creation.
As one rises from this state,
one experiences the freedom of ‘Air’.
Man then explores the world with
this newly found freedom
& reaches the depths of his mind
depicted in the ocean - ‘Water’
Enlightened, he rises like the ‘Fire’
and vaporizes into the ‘Ether’ all around.
~

Title: Futility

Size: 20” x 26.25”
50.5 x 67 cms
Medium: Oil on Paper
Dated: 05-08-2001
This painting is about the wastage in war
where no one stands to gain.
There can be no victory.
~

Title: Self Portrait

Size: 23.75” x 29.75”
60.5 x 76 cms
Medium: Oil and Water Colour on Canvas
Dated: 27.01.2002
This is an attempt to portray the real self in a self portrait;
where the self is depicted with two shadows -
one cast by the external light and the other
by the inner light.
~

Title: Maya

Size: 75.75” x 48.5”
218 x 123.5 cms
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dated: 28.12.2003
Maya or Illusion arose out of the need to find out
what lay beyond the footprints of an
Indian classical dance form.
Maya, a child exponent of Bharatanatyam,
gleefully danced on the canvas
with paint on her feet.
This result is a two and a half years of total
involvement with ‘Maya’ - akin to searching
for forms on a cloud, now there, now gone...
~

Title: Divine Pallette

Title: Shakti

Size: 24” x 30”
61 x 76 cms
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dated: 22.01.2006
This painting was meant to start a debate
on who is the strength - Man or Woman?
In Indian mythology, Shakti is Lord Shivas consort.
In this painting, the female is alert and gently
lifting the male figure who is engrossed in his
ego depicted as his child in his muscular arm.
The inverted triangle with water represents the
male & the female is represented by the triangle
with fire. The man is firmly embedded in a house
of bricks & the woman is in a rising position,
about to move.
~

Title: Bliss

Size: 14.96” x 18”
38 x 45.7 cms
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dated: 14.05.2006
Flowers are so pleasing
They awaken tender feelings
And as you stare at a flower
Through a closed window
You surrender to the wonder
Your reflection on the glass
Blends with the flower beyond
And you blissfully sway
Mesmerized by the freshness around
~

Title: Saibaba

Title: Intuitive Thought

Size: 27” x 39”
68.5 x 100 cms
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dated: 11.03.2007
You know the answer
And believe you cannot be wrong
You follow your wisdom
And come out strong
Like a flash from the dim past
Into the present times
Is a silvery line
Called ‘Intuitive Thought’
~

Title: Fathomless Ocean

Size: 20” x 30”
51 x 76 cms
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dated: 24.01.2008
The depth of the ocean
As infinite as the reflections
In parallel mirrors
Cool blues soothing the vision
Drawing you into its depth
Your mind is lost in imagination.
~

Title: Finding Moksha

Size: 35” x 68”
89 x 173 cms
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dated: 30.03.2008
Birth to death
Is a marathon race
To find Moksha in this day & age
Chasing goals changing ways
But Moksha is always ahead of the race
Mata, Pitha, Guru, Deivam
Indian culture says is satyam
Mother comes before the God
Cause she is the creator
The universe comes after
And in the process of creation
The mind finds satisfaction
And achieves Moksha, Salvation
~

Title: Sea of Emotions

Size: 71” x 46.25”
180 x 117 cms
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dated: 14.02.2010
The depth of emotions is compared to the
fathomless depth of the sea with the parallel
mirror effect & emotions ranging from the
controlled to the sad, to the happy & a
combination of complex emotions.
For example the angry face is opposite the sad
face of a person being shouted at & if one looks
at the two faces as a whole, then one will see a
perplexed emotion in that face. There are tears
of joy & tears of sorrow. The range of emotions
surprises the onlooker. For those who wish to go
deeper & see the flora & fauna of the sea in the
fluid effect of the canvas, I would say, “follow the dots.”
And as you delve deeper you will soon begin
to see the fish & the coral reefs……
~

Title: Layers of the Mind

Size: 18” x 24”
45 x 60 cms
Medium: Gouache & Oil on Canvas
Dated: 20.06.2010
In a pitch dark frame
In a black & white dream
I saw myself
Head resting on a pillow
And in the tight close-up
Layer upon dark layer
Peeling off my eyelids
A feeling of heaviness
Of being in deep slumber
Wanting to awake
But unable to shake
The drowsiness I remember
Strange dreams
Transgress the sub-conscious mind
And leave lasting impressions
In the realm of the conscious behind
As the brush begins to interpret
The abstract dream unfolds
With square upon square juxtaposed
The corners peeling off
In glowing colours
Like the embers
Of a dying flame
And the shape of an eye cutting across
As if throwing light on a secret
And telling me
Of seven layers to uncover
Before I see the light
~

Title: Visitation

Size: 20” x 30”
50 x 76 cms
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dated: 04.04.2011
In times of anxiety
The Guardian Angels visit
To protect & pray
For those they have left behind
Flying past time & space
Crystallizing in a future place
They show you the way
Taking your worries away
~

Title: Anguish (Nature Series)

Size : 16” x 22”
Medium : Oil on Canvas
Date : 27-04-2013
Staring out of the window
I saw a stone coming alive
With the fast changing light
It will be hard to believe
That this painting is a landscape
A quick sketch
To catch the expression
Before the light changed
And my subject changed to a stone again…
~